Thailand — Fruit and Fruit Products — Tropical
Thailand received 8 FDA import refusals in Tropical, part of Fruit and Fruit Products between 2024-Q1 and 2026-Q4. Volume is falling year-on-year. The most-cited issues are pesticide residue, filth, and sulfites not declared. Measured against US import value, that runs at 20.8 refusals per $1 billion of imports of this commodity from Thailand over the last 3 years.
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Key figures
If you import tropical from Thailand
Lower risk. Thailand ranks 12th of 15 origins shipping tropical to the US on refusals per $1 billion of US imports, at 20.8 — above 21% of them.
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- Hazard or paperwork
- Of 8 refusals in the last 3 years, 5 were hazard findings and 3 paperwork alone.
- Refusals against import volume
- On average, 1 refusal per 49,737 tonnes imported into the US over the last 3 years; the 9th highest refusal rate of 10 origins with enough import volume on record to rate (US import quantities 2022–2024, FAOSTAT).
- Where refusals happen
- DNEI — Northeast (3); DWCI — West Coast (3); DSEI — Southeast (1).
- Riskiest months
- January, February, March, by refusals since 2020.
- Test for before shipping
- filth (2), cyclamate (1), pesticide residue (1), Salmonella (1), unsafe color additive (1).
- Paperwork to get right
- FSVP violation (2), color not declared (1), false or misleading label (1).
FDA does not publish how many entries it examines, so no page can state a true probability of refusal; these are the figures that are published.
Quarterly refusals, last 12 quarters
Show the numbers
| Quarter | Refusals | Hazard | Paperwork |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Recent refusals
- 8M6-0077442-0 MANGO, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. sulfites not declared
- 277-0198514-8 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. filth
- SCS-2413241-3 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSEI. unsafe color additivecolor not declared
- KM6-3656628-3 LONGAN, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- W96-3607433-3 LYCHEE, LICHEE, LITCHI, LEECHEE (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT PUREES) Import division DNEI. FSVP violation
- 9BL-0242412-9 RAMBUTAN (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DSWI. FSVP violation
- 277-0194806-2 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. cyclamatesaccharin labelingfalse or misleading labelingredients not listed+3 more
- E84-0112619-6 BANANA BLOSSOM (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. Salmonella
- 349-2036648-0 MANGO, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EJ2-0155314-9 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- EJ2-0155259-6 DURIAN, DURION (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- KM6-3547740-9 GUAVA, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. filth
- HK1-2002497-9 LONGAN, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- TZ6-6015818-7 MANGO (SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT) Import division DNEI. sulfites not declaredcyclamatesaccharin labeling
- AD4-0707069-8 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DWCI. pesticide residue
- AD4-0706699-3 DATES, DRIED OR PASTE Import division DNEI. pesticide residue
- H67-1572058-6 MANGO, JUICE, MILK, CREME, DRINK OR NECTAR, SUB/TROPICAL FRUIT Import division DSEI. unsafe color additive
Data and downloads
Download all 17 entries (CSV) — every refusal behind this page, with its import division, FDA product code, charges and whether it was a hazard finding or paperwork.
The file holds entries up to 2026-10-15. To get new ones for Thailand by email, watch Thailand.
Thailand country report since 2020 — every refusal by year, charge and import division →